From Kindergarten through third grade, I attended a private school called St. Patrick's. I really only had a small group of friends at school. There were three of us: Caitlyn, Lily, and I. We were inseparable! We had sleepovers all the time, and we were truly best friends. I remember going to Caitlyn's house for parties and sleepovers. It was amazing. But, Lily drifted away. She became friends with girls who were really mean to me. Lily started to make fun of me along with the girls and they would not let me play with them.
My first grade teacher was also absolutely awful. Her name was Mrs. Brown and I will never forget her. All I can remember from her class was being called up to her desk numerous times and being scolded in front of the class for absolutely no reason. She even called my parents and told them that I was not to be trusted because when she yelled at me, I would rock back and forth on my heels. I remember one time being punished for some reason and having to sit out of recess. I was bored and had to sit in the grass and watch the other kids play. I reached down and was pulling strands of grass from the ground, and the teaching aid that was watching me told me that I had to sit out another ten minutes for pulling the grass out of the ground. This was the same teaching aid who I vividly remember standing at Mrs. Brown's desk and hearing the two whisper about and laugh at me.
Caitlyn switched to public school in second grade. I do not remember much from second or third grade except spending a great deal of time in the "guidance office," which was a trailer out back of the school because the bullying got worse. I only had two friends when I left the school. They were the two guys who were also outsiders. Instead of sitting alone we would have pretend sword fights at recess.
This was the beginning.
No comments:
Post a Comment